No scope to revoke death penalty, Asif Nazrul says after meeting Volker Turk

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk today urged the interim government to revoke the existing death penalty in Bangladesh, but there is no scope to do so, Law Adviser Asif Nazrul said today.

“We said there is no scope for revoking death sentences under the current circumstances. The Penal Code has the provision of death sentence. There is no scope to amend it all of a sudden,” he told reporters after a meeting with Turk at the secretariat.

During the meeting, the human rights chief spoke of establishing rule of law and human rights, which are closely interlinked, and also ensuring human rights in all the reform initiatives.

Turk told media that he asked for Bangladesh’s human rights commission to be strengthened to uphold human rights in the country.

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